On the eve of the start of mandatory minicamp, the Arizona Cardinals made a roster move in the secondary. It was not signing veteran Tre Boston or re-signing Tyvon Branch. They announced the signing of safety Travell Dixon, who replaces undrafted rookie safety Jonathan Owens. Owens was waived/injured after having a good offseason.

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Dixon, who is 6-1 and 210 pounds, comes to the Cardinals with some knowledge of their new defensive system. He was not in the NFL in 2017, but was on the Carolina Panthers practice squad for 16 weeks in 2016 before being promoted to the active roster and appearing in one game.

Collegiately, he began at Eastern Arizona College, was briefly at Alabama and finished at Washington. He entered the league in 2015 as an undrafted rookie with the Oakland Raiders.